Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Stegner, Robert Daniel 1913
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Payette Enterprise 6-5-1913
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, June 5, 1913

OBITUARY

Though not unexpected, the death of Robert Daniel Stegner, at about 4 o'clock, 
May 26, cast a shadow of sorrow, over the entire community and many mourned 
with the family when the kindly neighbor and friend was called to his heavenly 
home. His has been a useful, devout life and the large concourse of friends 
who gathered to pay their last respects and the beautiful floral offerings, 
were but a tribute to a good man who lived a pure unselfish life.

Robert Daniel Stegner was born in 1846, June 29, at Sunmen, Ind., died May 26, 
1913, at his home near Fruitland aged 66 years, 10 months, 27 days. 

He married Mary Catherine Anderson April 26,1868, and the union was blessed 
with two children, Eugene Arthur alone surviving, the daughter having died 
some years ago, leaving a little girl Ethelwyn Weir, now 12 years who has 
since lived with her grand parents. 

In 1871, Mr. Stegner removed with his family to Wahasha Co., Minn., thence in 
1876 to Bigstone co. where he resided until in 1901 he came to Fruitland and 
settled on the place where Wm. McConnel now resides. In 1906 owing to impaired 
health he removed to Payette but in 1912 returned to his old home south of 
Fruitland and built a pleasant cottage home where he resided at the time of 
his death.

While living in Bigstone, Minn., he was converted and united with the 
Methodist Episcopal church of which he has for about 37 years been an active 
earnest member, has often been an official in the church and held the position 
of stward at the time of his death, was Superintendent of the Union Sunday 
school for a number of years at Pleasant View and closely identified with a'l 
missionary effort, in those early days. The beautiful window of "Christ the 
Good Shepherd" in the Payette M.E. church being the gift of himself and wife.

He has been ailing for some time but the past two weeks the decline was more 
rapid and the friends knew the end was near. Sunday night he rested well and 
about 4 o'clock spoke of the good night, then putting his hand over his heart, 
said it pained him, and dropped in the arms of his wife and was gone.

Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Howarth, his pastor in 
Payette and Rev. C.E. Deal pastor of the M.E. church here. Interment was made 
in Riverside Cemetery.

Besides his wife and son, E. A. Stegner and family the little grand-daughter 
Ethelwyn, he leaves to mourn his loss two brothers, G. H. of Beardsley, Minn., 
and E. S of Minneapolis, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Ashton of Versallies, Ind., 
and hosts of friends.

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